This folder contains a repaint for the Douglas DC-3 from the 40th anniversary pack. It shows C-47A 43-15137, “Chalk 40”, 306th Troop Carrier Squadron (7H), 442nd Troop Carrier Group. Operated by the Liberty Foundation. Visit the Liberty Foundations Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/b17rides

The Liberty Foundation’s Douglas C-47 was built in 1943 in Oklahoma City, OK. It began service with the US Navy, transferred to the USAAF and was then finally leased to the Royal Air Force and sent to England. The aircraft served with distinction in combat, towing a glider on D-Day and participating in many named offensives, including Operation Market Garden. 

In 1989, Don Brooks, founder of the Liberty Foundation, purchased the aircraft and painted it in the markings of the Greenland Expedition Society. Outfitted with snow skies, it was used in the recovery of the P-38 Lightning “Glacier Girl”. In 1994, it was repainted in wartime colors, and was flown to Normandy for the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. It was the only US registered C-47 to previously participate in the 1944 invasion, 26 D-Day WWII Veteran Paratroopers jumped again over Ste-Mere-Eglise in honor of their fallen comrades. 

in Early 2022 the aircraft underwent a complete repainting accurately representing C-47A 43-15137, “Chalk 40”, 306th Troop Carrier Squadron (7H), 442nd Troop Carrier Group. On June 6th 1944 the aircraft was assigned the Airborne "Chalk" number 40. The "Chalk" number was the number assigned to each aircraft during an operation and literally written on the side of the aircraft next to the jump door in white chalk. It participated in Mission "Boston". Boston was a component of Operation Neptune, the assault portion of the Allied invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overloard. 

About reference: https://air2airtv.com/programs/wir2022_thurspm-1a75fe